2005 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup

2005 World Grand Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	November 15–20, 2005
Teams	6
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Sheilla Castro
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The 2005 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan from November 15–20, 2005.

Teams edit

Team	Qualified as
Japan	Host Nation
China	2005 Asian Champions
United States	2005 NORCECA Champions
Brazil	2005 South American Champions
Poland	2005 European Champions
South Korea	Wild Card

Squads edit

Competition formula edit

The competition formula of the 2005 Women's World Grand Champions Cup is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing is determined by the total points gained.

Venues edit

Results edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Brazil	5	5	0	10	15	2	7.500	398	323	1.232
2	United States	5	4	1	9	12	4	3.000	379	355	1.068
3	China	5	3	2	8	11	8	1.375	430	382	1.126
4	Poland	5	1	4	6	7	14	0.500	431	467	0.923
5	Japan	5	1	4	6	6	12	0.500	372	418	0.890
6	South Korea	5	1	4	6	3	14	0.214	340	405	0.840

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Tokyo round edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Nov	12:00	Brazil	3–2	China	15–25	17–25	25–20	25–20	15–8	97–98	P2
15 Nov	15:00	United States	3–0	South Korea	25–20	25–22	25–20			75–62	P2
15 Nov	18:30	Poland	3–2	Japan	25–19	18–25	16–25	26–24	15–12	100–105	P2
16 Nov	12:00	China	0–3	United States	22–25	23–25	24–26			69–76	P2
16 Nov	15:00	Poland	0–3	Brazil	24–26	18–25	21–25			63–76	P2
16 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–0	South Korea	25–23	27–25	25–21			77–69	P2

Nagoya round edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Nov	12:00	South Korea	0–3	China	18–25	17–25	19–25			54–75	P2
18 Nov	15:00	United States	3–1	Poland	25–20	21–25	25–20	25–19		96–84	P2
18 Nov	18:00	Brazil	3–0	Japan	25–17	25–19	25–15			75–51	P2
19 Nov	12:00	Brazil	3–0	United States	25–16	25–19	25–19			75–54	P2
19 Nov	15:00	Poland	2–3	South Korea	24–26	25–17	18–25	25–15	11–15	103–98	P2
19 Nov	18:00	Japan	1–3	China	15–25	25–21	15–25	19–25		74–96	P2
20 Nov	12:00	South Korea	0–3	Brazil	19–25	18–25	20–25			57–75	P2
20 Nov	15:00	China	3–1	Poland	17–25	25–17	25–19	25–20		92–81	P2
20 Nov	18:00	United States	3–0	Japan	28–26	25–23	25–16			78–65	P2